Bayern Munich crushed Juventus 4-1 in their Champions League tie last night, but what if it
continued?
97′ Gianluigi Buffon, still ruing the fact that he was scored on by opposing goalkeeper
Hans-Jorg Butt from the penalty spot, vows to take his revenge. He rubs his gloves together
menacingly and laughs.
I didn't get to watch much Bundesliga action last week for reasons I won't bore you with. So this
week's round-up promises to be shorter than the essays I've penned in the last couple of weeks. One
of the few games that I did manage to catch was Bayern Munich's visit to an emotional AWD
Arena to face Hannover.
Nachdem Arjen Robben wieder beim FC Bayern zurück ist, wird wohl auch Superstar Frank Ribery
bald sein sehnlich erwartetes Comeback beim deutschen Rekordmeister geben. Am Dienstag wurde auf
der Internetseite des Vereins Trainer Louis van Gaal folgendermaßen zitiert: "Es geht ihm besser
als je zuvor, weil er ohne Schmerzen trainieren kann.
Es ist etwas Ruhe eingekehrt – in München – nach dem Sieg in der Champions League und dem
3:0-Erfolg gegen Hannover 96 am vergangenen Spieltag. Doch die nächsten zwei Spiele werden schwer.
Zum einen fordert van Gaal volle Konzentration auf das Spiel gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach an
diesem Spieltag in der Fußball-Bundesliga.
Group E contains Japan, Cameroon, Netherlands and Denmark and should be a easy path to the
knockout stages for Holland. Cameroon and Denmark will battle for second place and I expect
Cameroon to edge Denmark out.
A look at Group E Teams
NETHERLANDS
Manager: Bert van Marwijk
Key player: Mark van Bommel
Best: Runners-up (1974, 1978)
World ranking: 3
The Netherlands were the first European side to qualify for South Africa, having won all eight
of their games in Group Nine, conceding only twice in the process.
I like to keep things simple, which is the way football should be played. When you over-analyse,
you end up double-guessing and giving yourself a bigger headache than Tiger Wood's publicist.
When it comes to the teams that Manchester United hope to face in the next round of the
Champions League, pundits will tell you how so-and-so performed in this weather or how
such-and-such have never lost at a particular stadium.
The Champions League draw takes place tomorrow morning at 11am. Who could we face?
Bayern Munich
Currently: 3rd in the league, 2 points off the top.
Top scorer: Club record signing, Mario Gómez, who joined the club for £30m in the summer.
Dangerous players: Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben, Luca Toni
Last season in CL: Beat Sporting Lisbon 12-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16, before getting
thrashed 5-1 on aggregate by eventual winners, Barcelona.
